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The Bernward Gospels : art, memory, and the episcopate in medieval Germany /

An interpretive study of the pictorial program of the Ottonian Bernward Gospels. Examines how the manuscript conditioned contemporary and future viewers to remember early medieval Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kingsley, Jennifer P., 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Bernward Gospels > Illustrations.
Bernward, > Bishop of Hildesheim, > approximately 960-1022.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottonian > Germany > Hildesheim.
Evangeliaries > Germany > Hildesheim > Illustrations.
Bible. > Gospels > Illustrations.
Catholic Church > Liturgy > Texts > Illustrations.
Christian art and symbolism > Germany > Hildesheim > Medieval, 500-1500.
Diözesan-Museum Hildesheim.
Description
Summary:An interpretive study of the pictorial program of the Ottonian Bernward Gospels. Examines how the manuscript conditioned contemporary and future viewers to remember early medieval Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim.
Physical Description:ix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271060798 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271060794 (cloth : alk. paper)